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'File 1/44 Publicity Officer, Bahrain'

Title	'File 1/44 Publicity Officer, Bahrain'
Author	an agent.
Publication Date:	14 Mar 1940-24 Jul 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	240
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/2/1040
Record ID	vdc_100000000241.0x000257
Library Location	British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date	14 Mar 1940-24 Jul 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	The file relates to the appointment and service of holders of the post of Publicity Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bahrain (from 1942 known as Public Relations Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bahrain), including Bertram Sidney Thomas (served December 1941 to October 1943). The papers, which include correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, charge certificates (recording the handing-over of duties between officers), notifications, last pay certificates, letter of guarantee for a bill of lading A document confirming the goods which a ship has received. ; and other forms and certificates, cover the following topics: travel arrangements; correspondence concerning charge certificates and last pay certificates; appointment and transfer; pay and allowances; advances of pay; attendance at a conference of Publicity Officers in Cairo, Egypt, May 1940; transport of personal effects; recovery of sum paid to servants at Bushire, July 1940; Government of India confirmation of the continuance of the post of Publicity Officer for the duration of the War, August 1940; certificate confirming that the holder was a Government Servant; leave and leave salary; payment of Indian Income Tax; bill from merchant in Bahrain, December 1941; bill for transmitter hire, July 1946; and correspondence between Bertram Thomas and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain concerning the accounts of his service as Public Relations Officer, Bahrain, December 1946 to January 1947. The Arabic language content of this file consists of the bilingual letterhead of a Bahrain merchant. The correspondence (the main body of papers in the file) is dated 14 March 1940 to 11 July 1949. The closing date in the overall date range is provided by an entry in the notes at the rear of the file.
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Düzenleme	The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)	English Office Files: 1/44

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'File 1/44 Publicity Officer, Bahrain'

Author an agent.

Publication Date 14 Mar 1940-24 Jul 1949 (CE, Gregorian)

Type Document

Language ara,eng

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 240

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/2/1040

Record ID vdc_100000000241.0x000257

Library Location British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Date 14 Mar 1940-24 Jul 1949 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes The file relates to the appointment and service of holders of the post of Publicity Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bahrain (from 1942 known as Public Relations Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bahrain), including Bertram Sidney Thomas (served December 1941 to October 1943). The papers, which include correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, charge certificates (recording the handing-over of duties between officers), notifications, last pay certificates, letter of guarantee for a bill of lading A document confirming the goods which a ship has received. ; and other forms and certificates, cover the following topics: travel arrangements; correspondence concerning charge certificates and last pay certificates; appointment and transfer; pay and allowances; advances of pay; attendance at a conference of Publicity Officers in Cairo, Egypt, May 1940; transport of personal effects; recovery of sum paid to servants at Bushire, July 1940; Government of India confirmation of the continuance of the post of Publicity Officer for the duration of the War, August 1940; certificate confirming that the holder was a Government Servant; leave and leave salary; payment of Indian Income Tax; bill from merchant in Bahrain, December 1941; bill for transmitter hire, July 1946; and correspondence between Bertram Thomas and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain concerning the accounts of his service as Public Relations Officer, Bahrain, December 1946 to January 1947. The Arabic language content of this file consists of the bilingual letterhead of a Bahrain merchant. The correspondence (the main body of papers in the file) is dated 14 March 1940 to 11 July 1949. The closing date in the overall date range is provided by an entry in the notes at the rear of the file.

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Düzenleme The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.

Eski Harici Referans(lar) English Office Files: 1/44